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• Case

  ·vi To propose hypothetical cases. II. Case ·noun Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. III. Case ·v...

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• case

  A house; perhaps from the Italian CASA. In the canting lingo it meant store or ware house, as well a...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• case

  The outside planking of the ship. ...

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• Lower

  ·adj Compar. of Low, ·adj. II. Lower ·noun Cloudiness; gloominess. III. Lower ·noun A frowning; su...

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• lower handsomely, lower cheerly

  Are opposed to each other; the former being the order to lower gradually, and the latter to lower ex...

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• Case knife

  ·- A knife carried in a sheath or case. II. Case knife ·- A large table knife; — so called from be...

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• Case shot

  ·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. ...

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• Case system

  ·add. ·- The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive...

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• Case-bay

  ·noun The space between two principals or girders. II. Case-bay ·noun One of the joists framed betw...

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• Fly-case

  ·noun The covering of an insect, ·esp. the elytra of beetles. ...

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• case vrow

  A prostitute attached to a particular bawdy house. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• soul case

  The body. He made a hole in his soul case; he wounded him. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• smear-case

  (Dutch, Smeer-kaas.) A preparation of milk made to be spread on bread, whence its name; otherwise ca...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• case-book

  A register or journal in which the surgeon records the cases of all the sick and wounded, who are pl...

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• rudder-case

  The same as rudder-trunk (which see). ...

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• Lower Court

  In the Little Minories (W. Stow, 1722-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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• Lower Mews

  Out of the Crescent, Minories, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. ...

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• lower, to

  The atmosphere to become cloudy. Also, to ease down gradually, expressed of some weighty body suspen...

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• lower counter

  The counter between the upper counter and the rail under the lights. ...

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• lower-deckers

  The heaviest armament, usually on the lower deck. ...

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• lower-finishing

  See finishings. ...

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• lower-height

  See main-breadth. ...

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• lower-hold

  The space for cargo in a merchant-vessel, fitted with 'tween-decks. ...

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• lower-hope

  A well-known reach in the Thames where ships wait for the turn of the tide. ...

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• lower-lifts

  The lifts of the fore, main, and crossjack-yards. ...

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• lower masts

  See mast. ...

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• lower transit

  The opposite to the upper transit of a circumpolar star: the passage sub polo. ...

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• case-shot, common

  Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...

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• spherical case-shot

  See shrapnel shell. ...

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• Lower East Smithfield

  West from Little Thames Street to the Hermitage Swing Bridge and Basin (P.O. Directory). In the eig...

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• Lower Thames Street

  East from London Bridge to Tower Hill (P.O. Directory). In Tower, Billingsgate and Bridge Wards. Fi...

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• lower-breadth-sweep

  The second on the builder's draught, representing the lower height of breadth, on which line is set ...

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• lower-hold-beams

  The lowest range of beams in a merchantman. ...

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• open lower deckers, to

  To fire the lower tier of guns. Also said of a person using violent language. ...

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• Salutation Tavern, Lower Thames Street

  See Salutation Court. ...

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• housing of a lower mast

  That part of a mast which is below deck to the step in the kelson; of a bowsprit, the portion within...

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• mate of the lower-deck

  An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...

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• run, to lower by the

  To let go altogether, instead of lowering with a turn on a cleat or bitt-head. ...

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• Nag's Head Court, Lower Thames Street

  See Wilson's Yard. ...

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• running out, and running in, the lower deck guns

  The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...

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